Naomi Safran-Hon: House Without Home Exhibition, Talk, and Reception
Sunday, April 3, 2016 11am to 4pm
About this Event
1021 Dulaney Valley Rd, Towson, MD 21204, USA
http://www.goucher.edu/academics/art-and-art-history/art-galleries/silber-art-gallery/exhibits/naomi-safran-hon-house-without-homeNaomi Safran-Hon grew up in Haifa, Israel but currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. In this body of work Safran-Hon investigates her relationship to Israel and its on-going conflict, revealing the fragility of the human experience. This is her first solo show in the Baltimore area. House Without Home brings together 13 pieces that depict fragments of a house but don’t create a home. Safran-Hon’s paintings combine, fabric, cement, and pigment, acrylic and photograph to tell the stories of these structures and their former inhabitants. Co-curators: Laura Amussen, Exhibitions Director and Curator, Goucher College, Silber and Rosenberg Art Galleries and J. Susan Isaacs, Professor of Art History and Curator of the Holtzman MFA and Center for the Arts Galleries, Towson University.
Naomi Safran-Hon: House Without Home will be presented at Goucher College’s Silber Art Gallery in the Sandy J. Unger Athenaeum from January 26 through April 3, 2016. This exhibit, which is free, open to the public, and accessible to all, can be viewed Tuesday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. An artist’s lecture will be held Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the Hyman Forum, in the Sandy J. Unger Athenaeum. An artist reception immediately follows from 7-9pm. Co-sponsored by Goucher College and Towson University, Safran-Hon, also has work is also in the Visions of Place exhibition at Towson University. Please visit www.goucher.edu/silber or call 410-337-6477 for more information. Please note the gallery will be closed during Spring Break, March 14-20, 2016.